Gouin knocks out three hits for Dons

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — Charles Payant tossed a five-inning no-hitter, and the Marshfield Columbus Catholic baseball team scored five times in the first inning to roll to a 10-0 win over Gilman in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Thursday at Hackman Field.

Payant struck out 11 and walked just one for the Dons (1-4, 1-2 Cloverbelt East).

The Dons added single runs in the second and third innings and put the game away with a three-run fifth to end it via the 10-run rule.

Matthias Gouin went 3-for-4, and Payant, Noah Taylor, and Billy Young each had two RBIs for Columbus.

Columbus will be at Spencer on Friday.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Dons 10, Pirates 0

Gilman 000 00 – 0 0 3

Columbus Catholic 511 03 – 10 8 2

WP: Charles Payant. LP: Dallas Skobroud.

SO: Skobroud (3 inn.) 0, Roman Konsella (1 inn.) 0; Payant 11. BB: Skobroud 6, Konsella 3; Payant 1.

Top hitters: CC, Matthias Gouin 3×4, RBI; Bryce Fuerlinger 2×3, RBI; Payant 2 RBIs; Billy Young 2 RBIs; Noah Taylor 2 RBIs; Brett Loveland 2B.

Records: Gilman 0-2 overall and Cloverbelt East; Columbus Catholic 1-4, 1-2 Cloverbelt East.